text:
Minimum Wage: Labour Urges FG To Finalise Salary Adjustment - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
May 1, 2019
The Organised Labour has called on the FederalGovernment to quickly finalise the salary adjustment and implementation of thenew National Minimum Wage for workers in the country.
President, Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba,said this at 2019 May Celebration on Wednesday in Abuja.
The theme for the May celebration is Another 100Years of Struggle for Jobs, Dignity and Social Justice in Nigeria.
He noted that the recent struggle for a new nationalminimum wage of N30,000 had been one of the most arduous and long drawn in thecountry.
The NLC president commended labour leaders formobilising workers during the different campaign’s for a new national minimumwage.
He, however, called on employers of labour and thethree tiers of Government to promptly remit all contributory pension deductionsto workers’ Pension Fund Administrators .
Wabba expressed disappointment over the withholdingof Contributory Pensions deduction by employers.


text:
Minimum Wage: Labour Urges Wages Commission To Expedite Action On Guidelines - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
May 29, 2019
The Organised Labour has called on the NationalSalaries, Incomes and Wages Commission , to expedite action on issuance ofguidelines for the implementation of the N30, 000 new minimum wage.
President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), AyubaWabba, and President, Trade Union Congress (TUC), Bobboi Kaigama, made the callin separate interviews on Wednesday in Abuja.
According to Wabba, the issue of the minimum wage isalready a law that must be implemented and since it is now a law, whoever failsto implement it, means he or she has violated the law.
Federal Government had on May 15 inauguratedcommittee to negoatiate the consequential adjustment in salaries arising fromthe new minimum wage.
The committee, headed by the Head of Service of thefederation, Wilfred Oyo-Ita, has four weeks to complete its assignment
The NLC president also said that the inauguration ofthe new administration was essentially a consolidation of democracy in Nigeria.

source: news-libertytvradio

license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

author: Publisher (J.T)


text:
Minimum Wage: Lawan Begs NLC To Shelve Strike - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
July 4, 2019
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan hasappealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC to shelve its proposed industrialaction over alleged delay in implementation of the 30,000 naira minimum wage.
Lawan made the appeal when the executives of the NLCand the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, PASAN led by Ayuba Waba andSunday Sabiyi  paid him a courtesy visitin Abuja.
Lawan called for further understanding andpatriotism, adding that some states had started paying the agreed minimum wage.
He also assured PASAN to collaborate with themanagement and leadership of the National Assembly, urging it to presentissue-based arguments, instead of embarking on strike action to press home itsdemands.
He also said the ninth assembly would not bedetracted, but remained focused in pursing growth in every sector of thecountry.
The NLC President later presented a congratulatorycard to Lawan on his emergence as the Chairman of the National Assembly.

author: Publisher (F.BA)


text:
Minimum Wage: NASS Sends Bill To Buhari For Assent - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
March 29, 2019
TheNational Assembly has transmitted a clean copy of the 30,000 naira minimum wagebill to President Buhari for assent.
Presidentof Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Ayuba Wabba, who announced the transmitting ofminimum wage bill to Buhari at the opening ceremony of the 10 NationalDelegates Conference of MHWUN said that it was sent to Buhari on Wednesday.
TheNLC also faulted the federal government plans to reduce the salary of certaincategories of public workers, insisting that it was the bogus pay package ofthe political class that should be reduced.Earlier, whilewelcoming delegated, he advised President Buhari to look beyond medical doctorsand appoint technocrats in health administration as Ministers of Health in hissecond tenure.

author: Editor 2


text:
Minimum Wage: Ngige Promises To End Disagreement Over Implementation - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
September 11, 2019
As workers earnestly await the implementation of theminimum wage, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has promisedto end the disagreement on the consequential adjustment and salary relativity.
Ngige, who made the promise to Labour Writers inAbuja on Wednesday, said that the disagreement was responsible for the delay inthe implementation of the new minimum wage.
The minister said that the decision to end thedisagreement was to avoid the burden the backlog of arrears, the new minimumwage, would pose to state governments.
Ngige said that another negotiation was important tobe able to ascertain the number of states that would be able to be to pay thebacklog.
He said that it was the determination of thePresident Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to fast-track the negotiation onconsequential adjustment.
The minister said he had received a correspondencefrom the Chief of Staff to the President notifying him of  a deadline to the negotiation, adding thatthe details would soon be made public.

created: September 11, 2019


text:
Minimum Wage: NLC Kicks Against Implementation Of N30, 000 In Kebbi State - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
September 25, 2019
The Kebbi state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Wednesday kicked against the approved N30,000 minimum wage by the State Government.
Thestate’s Chairman of the union, Umar Halidu, made this known while briefingjournalists in Birnin- Kebbi.
Halidusaid the rejection of the minimum wage is based on the outcome the unionmeeting with its members in the 21 Local Government Areas of the state.
Halidusaid the organised labour was not party to the decision, describing it as violationof the principle of collective bargaining.
Thechairman also called on workers to remain calm and law abiding.
Itwould be recalled that the state government said it would pay N30,000 minimumwage to workers with effect from September 2019.

created: September 25, 2019


text:
Minimum Wage: NLC Prepares For Showdown With State Governors Dec. 31 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
December 12, 2019
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC says it cannot guaranteeindustrial peace and harmony, if state Governors refuses to concludenegotiations and payment of the National Minimum Wage by December 31st.
The Union, in a communiqué at the end of its meeting withState’s council chairmen on implementation of the National Minimum Wage, saidthere were currently three implementation categories in which all states fellinto.
The Communiqué was jointly signed by NLC President; Dr AyubaWabba, NLC General Secretary; Emmanuel Ugboaja and Abdulrafiu Adeniji; NationalChairperson, Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council, Trade Unionside.
It noted that Kaduna, Kebbi, Lagos and Adamawa states havestarted implementation and payment of the new minimum wage, while Jigawa hadconcluded negotiations but is  yet to make its first payment to workers.
It also noted that Borno, Abia, Kano, Bayelsa, Sokoto,Niger, Abia, Akwa-Ibom, Edo, Ondo, Ebonyi, Katsina and Zamfara States, haveconstituted a negotiating committee between their State government and Labour,following consequential adjustments of salaries.
The union urged States’ chairmen to immediately convoke anemergency State Executive Council meeting and State Congress of all workers, tobrief them of the outcome of the stakeholders’ meeting on the new nationalminimum wage implementation.

created: December 12, 2019


text:
Minimum Wage: NLC Says N30,000 Notnegotiable - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
April 26, 2019
The National President of Nigeria Labour Congress,NLC Ayuba Wabba says Nigerian workers will not accept anything less than thirtythousand naira minimum wage from state Governors.
Wabba said the new minimum wage has become binding,having been signed into law by President Buhari, saying the excuses by someGovernors that they can’t pay was not tenable.
He spoke in Ado Ekiti at the NLC delegateconference, where the former Chairman of the Senior Staff Association ofNigeria Universities, Ekiti State University Branch, Olatunde Kolapo waselected as the chairman of NLC in Ekiti state.
Wabba, whose address was delivered by an ex-officioof the Congress, Maureen Onyia-Ekwuazi said the Congress would not takeanything short of thirty thousand naira as minimum wage from state governorssince it has become a right.
He urged the new labour leaders to be resolute andcommitted in the struggle for improved welfare of their members, saying thisshould be done without compromise.


text:
Minimum Wage: NLC Says Negotiations Ongoing - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
August 15, 2019
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, hasdispelled ongoing reports that negotiations between the organised labour andthe Technical Committee on Consequential Adjustment of the new minimum wage hadstopped.
The NLC National President, Ayuba Wabba, toldNewsmen in Abuja on Thursday that the negotiations were still ongoing.
He said even although the NLC and the TradeUnion Congress,TUC were not directly involved in the negotiations, they wouldstep in if any disagreement occurred.
It would be recalled that the new minimumwage bill was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari in April.
However, deliberations were ongoing as theissue of relativity/consequential adjustment of salaries still persisted.
The Federal Government had on May 14inaugurated the relativity/Consequential Adjustment Committee which in turn setup a Technical Sub-Committee to work out the template for the adjustment ofsalaries of Public Service Employees.
However, with negotiations resuming onAugust 14, Wabba noted that Nigerian workers had waited so long for the newminimum wage.


text:
Minimum Wage: NYSC Boss Assures Corps Members Of Increase In Allowance - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
September 3, 2019
TheDirector General of National Youth Service Corp, NYSC, Brigadier GeneralShuaibu Ibrahim has assured Corps Members that their monthly allowance ofnineteen thousand eight hundred naira would be reviewed upward.
Ibrahim,who gave the assurance in a statement while interacting with Corps Membersduring a working visit to Lagos, promised that their allowance would beincreased immediately the Federal Government commenced payment of the newminimum wage.
Thestatement said the NYSC boss had also promised Corps Members across the countryimproved welfare. He said efforts are in top gear at all levels to ensureadequate welfare for all Corps Members.
Ibrahimalso warned the Corps Members to avoid issues that would promote political,religious and tribal differences, but instead work to unite the country.
/t����Ӹ�

created: September 3, 2019


text:
Minimum Wage: Organised Labour Commends Buhari For Signing Bill - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
April 19, 2019
The Organised Labour has commended President Buhari for assenting to the National Minimum Wage Amendment Act approving thirty thousand naira for the least paid worker in the country.
It would be recalled that the bill was passed by the National Assembly in March.
Some of the Labour leaders who spoke in Abuja, described the action as a way forward.
President Trade Union Congress, TUC Bobboi Kaigama, said it was long overdue. He however said although the battle has been won it is not yet over, noting that the Federal Government does not have issue in terms of implementation.
Also Head of International, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC Uche Ekwe, commended the President for signing the National Minimum Wage Bill. Noting that the leadership of the NLC will do a formal statement on the implementation by the President

author: Editor 4


text:
Minimum Wage: Organised Labour Directs State Councils To Commence Negotiation - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
October 24, 2019
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC has directed state councilsto commence immediate negotiation with the Governors on the implementation ofthe consequential adjustment of the thirty-thousand naira new national minimumwage.
NLC President Ayuba Wabba, made this known at the 2019 NLCNational Leadership retreat, held in Enugu, with the theme: “StrategicLeadership and New Challenges in the Future of Work.”
Wabba, while speaking at the event, noted that the main goalof the retreat is to get the leadership of Congress at all levels “to examine,discuss, brainstorm and proffer pragmatic ideas to the challenges of today andfears for tomorrow confronting Nigerian workers”.
He lamented that Nigerian workers are forced to beg fortheir salaries, which are now owed in arrears, while other countries have fullyaccommodated and automated the process of minimum wage adjustments and are nowfocused on living wages.

created: October 24, 2019


text:
Minimum Wage: Organised Labour Directs State Councils To Open Negotiations With Governors - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
November 6, 2019
The Joint National Public Service Negotiating Councilhas ordered its state councils to begin negotiations for consequentialadjustment and implementation of the new minimum wage.
It was reported that after the Federal Government agreedon consequential adjustments and percentage increase for workers in the Federalcivil service with organised labour. On October 18, the jointnegotiating council in each state is expected to open negotiation withits state government. However, state governments under the auspices of theNigeria Governors Forum, had said that they would only pay according to thefinancial standing of their respective states.
The Council’s Chairman Simon Anchaver at a meeting inAbuja noted that the Union has also given state governors December 31,as deadline for implementation of the new minimum wage.
According to the chairman, the Union had adopted thederegulated collective bargaining style to ensure that state governments alsonegotiate what they can afford, so long as it was not lower than the 30 thousandnaira benchmark.
Also, the Council’s Secretary-General Alade Lawal notedthat the Union had agreed with its state councils to start sending out lettersto state governments, saying negotiations ought to start upon receipt of suchletter.

created: November 6, 2019


text:
Minimum Wage: Organised Labour In Niger To Begin Strike Today - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
February 4, 2020
Organised Labour in NigerState has directed its workers to embark on an indefinite strike from today,Tuesday, over non-implementation of the thirty-thousand naira new nationalminimum wage and other entitlements.
The directive was containedin statement jointly signed by Chairman Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, YakubuGarba, and his Trade Union Congress, TUC counterpart, Yunusa Tanimu, in Minna.
According to the statement,the Organized Labour in the state had met at an emergency joint State ExecutiveCouncil on January 29th to resolve on a notice of 21-day ultimatum of strikeaction issued to the government on January 3rd, 2020.
The statement added thatthe strike would be comprehensive and shall remain in force till the stategovernment ‘demonstrate a clear and adequate commitment” to tackling lingeringissues bordering on workers’ welfare.
Meanwhile, the state’s NLCchairman, Yakubu Garba said the Organised Labour is open and willing to meetwith the government.

created: February 4, 2020


text:
Minimum Wage: Organised Labour Ready For War With Governors - TUC - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
December 28, 2019
Organized Labour says it is ready to go to war with anyGovernor that fails to implement the thirty thousand naira minimum wage and theconsequential adjustment that follows for workers in their States.
It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari signedthe new minimum wage Act into law on April 18th, 2019.
The Federal Government and Organised Labour agreed to a 23.2percent increase for workers on Level-seven and 20 percent for workers onLevel-eight, while it agreed on 19 percent increase for workers on Level-nine.
Only five States: Kaduna, Kebbi, Lagos, Adamawa and Jigawahave commenced implementation and payment of the new wage after it was signedinto law in April.
The Secretary-General of Trade Union Congress, TUC,Musa-Lawal Ozigi, said any Governor that fails to implement or show commitmentbefore the Tuesday deadline would be considered to have declared war againstLabour.
He added that said Organised Labour would decide on how tohandle disobedient state governors who fail to implement the new wage at theend of the December 31 deadline.

created: December 28, 2019


text:
Minimum Wage: Private Sector, States Fault Labour’s Push For N1m - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
February 13, 2024
NLC President, Joe Ajaero, had in an interview on one of the national television, said the Labour might ask for one million naira during the minimum wage negotiations with the Federal Government if the value of the naira continued to plummet.
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Idris Mohammed, while reacting to the proposal, said the Government would make a reasonable decision in line with national interest and after due consideration of available resources and other factors.
The NLC and Trade Union Congress, TUC had earlier fixed their minimum wage demand at 200,000 naira but Ajaero argued that the food inflation and high cost of living had made their previous demand unrealistic.

created: February 13, 2024


text:
Minimum Wage: Senate Approves N30,000 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
March 19, 2019
The Senate on Tuesday approved N30, 000 as the new nationalminimum wage with an appeal to the Federal Government to start theimplementation immediately to prevent the organised labour from embarking onstrike to demand the payment.
The acting Chairman of the Senate ad-hoc committee on NationalMinimum Wage Bill, Francis Alimikhena, while delivering the report also said afine of N75, 000 has been imposed on firms that refuse to comply with the wagepayment.
The panel also recommended the urgent review of therevenue-sharing formula, which will enhance the states to pay the new minimumwage.
The committee urged the Minister of Finance and her counterpartsin the Budget and National Planning to as a matter of urgency, compute andforward to the National Assembly, for inclusion in the 2019 budget, the actualamount required for the new minimum wage.


text:
Minimum Wage: TUC Commends Buhari, Says It Will Give Workers Sense Of Belonging - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
April 19, 2019
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has said the new N30, 000 minimum wage would give workers a sense of belonging.
TUC, in a statement, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the N30, 000 minimum wage bill into law.
It will be recalled that the bill was passed by both chambers of the National Assembly in March.
The TUC President, Bobboi Kaigama, and Secretary General, Musa-Lawal Ozigi, said that the new wage would in no small measure give workers a sense of belonging.
It said that the organised labour appreciated the approval of the new wage,  but that its gains had been eroded by inflation as prices of commodities had gone up when employers had not commenced receiving the e new wage.
It called on the 9th Assembly to prevail on governors to pay workers their salaries and pension to pensioners as and when due to avoid crisis in the industrial sector.


text:
Minimum Wage: TUC Tells Nass To Harmonise Amount For Quick Assent - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 25, 2019
Presidentof Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, Bobboi Kaigama, has called for quickharmonisation of the N30,000 national minimum wage bill to enable PresidentMuhammadu Buhari assent to it.
Kaigamaspoke in Lagos on the implementation of the new minimum wage.
Theleadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress had urged the President to sign andimplement the new wage before the end of the 8th National Assembly.
TheTUC president said that the House of Representatives and the Senate needed toharmonise the agreed sum and pass it to the President for his assent.
Thelabour chief said that implementation would be seamless since the FederalGovernment had said that it included its provision in the budget, but mighttake a while in some states that had not included it in their budget.
Heurged the private sector not to delay its implementation as soon as the bill isenacted into law.


text:
Minimum Wage: We’ll Go On Strike Anytime - TUS - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
September 18, 2019
The Joint NationalPublic Service Negotiating Council has asked Nigerians to appeal to the FederalGovernment to implement the new minimum wage to avoid an imminent industrialcrisis.
The organised labour,under the stewardship of Trade Union Side TUS of the council, made the call inAbuja.
TUS Acting ChairmanAnchaver Simon and Secretary Alade Lawal, in a statement, said efforts by theunions to persuade the government to implement the new minimum wage withappropriate consequential adjustment had proved abortive.
They said the TUS hadgiven the government enough time to come to term with workers’ demand, but thatit appeared the only language necessary for government to act is strike.
They said the unionwould give no further notice to the government before public servants in thestates commence strike over the non-implementation of the new minimum wage andappropriate consequential adjustment.

created: September 18, 2019


text:
Mining: CSOs Seek Harmonised Law To Protect Communities - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
April 12, 2019
The West African Civil Society Forum has called for harmonisation of policies and laws to protect communities living in mining sites.
The General Secretary, Komlan Messie, made this call at the opening of the Civil Society Workshop on Mining and Mining Development Act in Abuja on Friday.
According to him, the ECOWAS Mineral Development Policy recognises the need for strategic shifts in the role of mining in the transformation of West Africa’s economy.
He noted that harmonisation of institutional, legislative and regulatory frameworks would help in the enhancement of effective environmental protection of mining activities.
He said there was the need for safe mining processes, adding that conditions of mining activities have larger impact on women and others who depend on it for survival.
According to him, the environmental, economic impact of mining should be taken into account, protection of these sites should be a priority, especially by ensuring that environmental impact assessment is taken into account.


text:
Mining Fields Suspension: Police Boss Warns Against Fake News - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
April 8, 2019
The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has
advised members of the public to ignore fake social media reports
regarding the Federal Government’s decision to suspend mining
activities in Zamfara state.
The Federal Government, through the Acting IG, announced the
suspension of mining activities in the state and threatened to revoke
licenses of violators of the order.
The government also ordered all foreigners engaged in mining
activities to leave the area within 48 hours, as part of measures to
check banditry in the state.
Adamu, however, noted that the order issued by the government may
attract various fake social media reports, and advised that such
reports should be ignored in the interest of peace and stability in
the country. He said that a joint security task force would soon be
constituted to take over the affected mining fields in the state for
safe keeping.


text:
Mining: Nigeria On A Self-Rediscovery, Redemption Mission - D-G Mining Cadastre - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
June 23, 2019
The Director-GeneralNigeria Mining Cadastre Office, Obadiah Nkom, says the country is in historictimes as it is on a mission of self-rediscovery and redemption.
He said this duringhis investiture as president of the Nigeria Mining and Geosciences Society inAbuja.
Nkom recalled that thecountry prior to the discovery of oil and gas in commercial quantity was knownfor its tin, columbite, and coal.
He said such days were only now remembered with nostalgia, especially so because, many of the mining entities had long been consigned to the dustbin of history.
He, however, said that efforts were being made by some Nigerians to get the country back to those “winning ways again”, a reason he said the country was on a mission of self-rediscovery and redemption


text:
Mininum Wage: National Assembly Staff To Embark On Strike From Monday - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
January 7, 2022
A communiqué jointly signed by NASS chairman Sunday Sabiyi and the
vice Chairman of NASC, M. A. Liman said they are protesting over
breach of the Memorandum of Understanding, MOU signed with
management on the full implementation of the new National Minimum
Wage Act 2019 and the Revised Conditions of Service.
The Associations called on the management to pay them, with immediate
effect, eight months outstanding balance of minimum wage; 2021 rent
subsidy, 15 months arrears of CONPECULIAR Allowance and six months
arrears of hazard allowance.
They also demanded for the implementation of 50 per cent balance of
CONLESS and the release of the year 2022 training template for staff,
evidence of provision of gratuity for retiring staff.

created: January 7, 2022

author: Publisher (A.M)


text:
Minister Commends Governor Ganduje - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
January 27, 2022
The minister gave the commendation during a courtesy visit on the governor while on an inspection tour of Federal Government projects in the state.
According to Fashola, he is in the state among other things to participate in the All Progressive Congress national youth programme slated for Kano on January 27.
He said that the second aspect of his visit was to inspect all the ongoing Federal Government projects, including the national pilot housing programme and roads under construction in Kano and its environs.
He urged Kano residents to subscribe to the housing unit either by buying it or getting apartment on rent.
Fashola also said that an online portal had been open that take people through the application process to subscribe for the houses.

created: January 27, 2022


text:
Minister Directs NIMASA To Deploy Modular Floating Dockyard - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
September 13, 2022
NIMASA Director General, Bashir Jamoh, gave the directive in a statement in Lagos.
Jamoh said that the minister described the deployment of the dockyard as one of the low hanging fruits he hoped would be delivered to the nation within the next few months.
The NIMASA boss said that both NIMASA and NPA were set to complete the operationalisation of the NIMASA dockyard.
He said this would begin with the installation of dolphins and repair of facilities at the NPA Continental Shipyard facility, from where the floating dock would be operated.
Jamoh noted that NIMASA had completed the ongoing discussions with its co-partner, NPA and other managing partners to provide the Continental Shipyard for the anchoring of the Dockyard.

created: September 13, 2022


text:
Minister Faults Implementation Process Of $611m BESDA Project - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
November 19, 2021
Adamu, represented by the Minister of State, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba said this in Abuja at the BESDA Technical Meeting between the ministry and the 17 focal states.
He, therefore, suggested the use of National Identity Number NIN for enrolment of new pupils, students on the scheme.
The Minister also queried the projected 13 million figure adopted by the World Bank as a basis for launching the program across the country.
According to the Minister, the projected 13 million Out- of-School figure presented in 2017 was not sufficient enough to determine the actual numbers of enrolment from across the states.
He further said he asked World Bank how many were expected to die and was not told none.
The Minister further enquired on the system’s capacity on verification of claims by states presenting pupils for enrolment asking if there was any National enrolment Identity Number.

created: November 19, 2021


text:
Minister Faults Implementation Process Of $611m Besda Project - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
November 19, 2021
Adamu, represented by the Minister of State, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba said this in Abuja at the BESDA Technical Meeting between the ministry and the 17 focal states.
He, therefore, suggested the use of National Identity Number NIN for enrolment of new pupils, students on the scheme.
The Minister also queried the projected 13 million figure adopted by the World Bank as a basis for launching the program across the country.
According to the Minister, the projected 13 million Out- of-School figure presented in 2017 was not sufficient enough to determine the actual numbers of enrolment from across the states.
He further said he asked World Bank how many were expected to die and was not told none.
The Minister further enquired on the system’s capacity on verification of claims by states presenting pupils for enrolment asking if there was any National enrolment Identity Number.


text:
Minister Frowns At Airlines Selling Tickets In Dollars - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
September 8, 2022
Sirika gave the warning while fielding questions from State House correspondents at the end of the virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council FEC in Abuja.
The minister revealed that the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority NCAA had been instructed to swing into action by protecting the interest of Nigerians against reported airlines’ operations malpractices.
He warned that no violator, no matter how highly placed, would be spared if caught in the act.
According to him, findings at government’s disposal have indicated that some of the airlines are refusing naira and charging their ticket fares in dollars in violation of the country’s laws.

created: September 8, 2022


text:
Minister Inaugurates 3 Rural Farm Markets In Gombe - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
November 30, 2021
The reports that the markets were located in Kashere community in Akko Local Government Area; Billiri community in Billiri Local Government and Kuri community in Yamaltu/Deba Local Government.
Abubakar while inaugurating the projects said the Federal Government was concerned about the development of rural communities in efforts to assist farmers market their goods while boosting their incomes.
Represented by Zonal Director, North East, Umar Mohammed, Abubakar said it was part of the mandate of the ministry to promote agricultural activities while partnering with other stakeholders where necessary.
He stated that the Federal Government had prioritised the agriculture sector in view of its huge potential in providing jobs, boosting food security and improving the wellbeing of rural dwellers.
According to him, government will continue to invest in the sector to develop its value chain especially in rural communities to ensure that more youths were engaged and discouraged from migrating to urban centres.

created: November 30, 2021


text:
Minister Lauds FG Strides On Decarbonisation, Climate Change - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
May 31, 2022
Minister of the Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi said this while inaugurating the Geographic Information System, GIS Science and Services Laboratory and Soundbite of the proposed Climate Leadership Certification Programme and Symposium, at the University of Lagos.
He explained that the stride has projected Nigeria’s position among the climate change compliant nations, globally, adding that the Climate Leadership programme about to be unveiled  in the centre, in the university, would further compliment the laudable efforts of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led  administration in ensuring clean environment.
Abdullahi said the programme by the university would enable both government and the private sector actors, to acquire the much needed skills to reduce the country’s global warming emissions.
Earlier, the Vice Chancellor of the university Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, in his welcome address, noted that the plan to make the centre the converging point in Africa that could compete globally in the field of environment, was laudable and a step in the right direction.


text:
Minister of the FCT Minister Seeks Partnership With Qatar On Tourism Development, Security - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
February 20, 2024
Wike made the offer when the Qatar Ambassador to Nigeria, Ali Al-Hajri, paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Abuja.
The minister noted that Qatar has a lot of influence in the international community due to its economic potential and level of development.
He said that FCT was open to cooperation on tourism and security that would be mutually beneficial to both countries.
According to him, tourism and security are top priorities in the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu.
Wike said the FCT recorded appreciable achievements in terms of security and the provision of infrastructure due to President Tinubu’s efforts to change the narratives in the country.
He also pledged the commitment of the FCT administration to continue to provide support to all foreign missions in the nation’s capital.

created: February 20, 2024


text:
Minister Reiterates FCTA’s Support For NMA In The Provision Of Quality Healthcare To Residents - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
March 29, 2023
The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has reiterated the support of the FCT Administration for the activities of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) in the provision of quality healthcare to residents of the territory.
The Minister stated this when he received a delegation of the NMA, FCT chapter, led by its chairman, Dr. Charles Ugwuanyi on a courtesy visit to the FCTA, on Tuesday, March 28, 2023.
Malam Bello who welcomed the association’s proposed medical outreach to all the Area Councils in the Territory, pledged the support of the FCTA for the success of the programme.
The Minister commended the NMA for the support and cooperation the FCTA has enjoyed from the association while also urging the members to always be good ambassadors of the country in the discharge of their duties wherever they find themselves.


text:
Minister Says FG Ready To Contain Scourge, In case Of Outbreaks - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
February 11, 2020
The Minister of Health Osagie Ehanire, says Lagos State in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, is well prepared and ready to contain the novel Coronavirus 2019-nCoV infectious disease, if eventually it breaks out in Nigeria.
Ehanire gave thisassurance, while briefing newsmen after inspecting facilities at theEmergency Response Readiness designated for the Coronavirus victims at theMainland Hospital, Yaba in Lagos. He also commended the state government forits level of preparedness against the outbreak of any infectious disease in thestate.
While expressingsatisfaction at the infrastructure put in place, Ehanire said the state,considering its vulnerability to infectious disease, had learnt lessons fromthe Ebola episode of 2014, and reflected the experience in its level ofpreparedness.
The Minister, who alsoinspected the state Bio-bank located inside the Mainland Hospital, lauded thestate government for deploying additional 30 health personnel to assist withsurveillance at the ports entry.
Earlier, Lagos StateCommissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi said the state had been workingassiduously to prevent an import of CoronaVirus into the state.

created: February 11, 2020


text:
Minister Seeks Collaboration With Media, Stakeholders On Effective Communication. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
July 27, 2022
Sadiya made the call at the Communication, Consultative Forum with the media, partners and stakeholders in Abuja.
According to her, this is with a view to strengthening the communications activities of the Ministry and all humanitarian actors in Nigeria.
Also speaking, Special Assistant to the Minister on Strategic Communication Halima Oyelade while giving an overview of the Forum, said communication was very important, because it influenced people on the choices they made.
Meanwhile, National Coordinator, National Social Investment Programme, NSIP Umar Bindir said the purpose of the programme was to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty.


text:
Minister Seeks Govt-Industry-Academia Synergy For Nation’s Economic Recovery - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
September 14, 2021
Abdullahi made the call while delivering the 2nd Eminent Persons Lecture Series of Igbinedion University, Okada.
The lecture was titled “How government-academia-industry linkages drive economic development in Nigeria”.
The minister said that diversification of the economy was imperative, noting that the Government-Academia-Industry GIA model started with a theoretical conceptualization based on the need to create synergy between the key stakeholders.
The synergy, he said, was to deposit and harvest the knowledge generated by the Knowledge Institutes KIs for the socio-economic development of the nation.
He explained that the Knowledge-Institutions-Universities inclusive were only able to source for 0.1 per cent of the funds used in conducting R&D in Nigeria as against the 46.0 per cent recorded in Uganda as reported in the ASTII R&D survey, 2007.

created: September 14, 2021


text:
Minister Seeks Removal Of Obstacles, Discrimatory Practices To Womens’ Right To Land - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
October 15, 2021
Tallen, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Adebiyi Olufunso, made the call at a media briefing to commemorate the 2021 International Day of Rural Women with the theme: “Rural Women, Cultivating Good Food for All” and the World Food Day in Abuja.
The International Day of Rural Women is annually celebrated on October 15 to raise awareness on the critical roles and contributions of rural women in enhancing agriculture and rural development, ensuring security and the eradication of poverty.
According to her, rural women constitute about 80 per cent of the Agriculture labour force, but they face numerous challenges such as poverty, insecurity, poor basic amenities that hinder their potential and contributions on a larger scale.
She explained that removing obstacles to women’s rights to own land and reforming laws and discriminatory practices could foster an environment of equity for rural women.

created: October 15, 2021


text:
Minister Tasks Administrators On Improving Tax Revenue Generation - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
November 2, 2022
Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba gave the advice at the Seventh African Tax Administration Forum, General Assembly, in Lagos, with the theme; “Rethinking Revenue Strategies: The Human Face of Taxation’’.
Agba, who was represented by the Statistician-General of the Federation, Semiu Adeniran said statistics indicated that sub-Saharan African countries still mobilised less than 17 percent of their Gross Domestic Product, GDP without revenue.
According to the Minister, this is below the recommended minimum level of 20 percent by the United Nations, UN, as necessary to achieve the sustainable development goals.
According to the World Bank tax revenues, above 15 percent of a country’s GDP is a key element for economic growth and ultimately the option of revenue.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, of Lagos State, said the state was frequently on the lookout for ways of increasing its internally generated revenue without burdening the existing tax base.
Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba gave the advice at the Seventh African Tax Administration Forum, General Assembly, in Lagos, with the theme; “Rethinking Revenue Strategies: The Human Face of Taxation’’.
Agba, who was represented by the Statistician-General of the Federation, Semiu Adeniran said statistics indicated that sub-Saharan African countries still mobilised less than 17 percent of their Gross Domestic Product, GDP without revenue.
According to the Minister, this is below the recommended minimum level of 20 percent by the United Nations, UN, as necessary to achieve the sustainable development goals.
According to the World Bank tax revenues, above 15 percent of a country’s GDP is a key element for economic growth and ultimately the option of revenue.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, of Lagos State, said the state was frequently on the lookout for ways of increasing its internally generated revenue without burdening the existing tax base.

created: November 2, 2022


text:
Minister Urges Nigerians To Imbibe Culture Of Hand Washing - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
October 10, 2019
The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu has called on Nigerians to imbibe the culture of using soap to wash their hands many times to prevent diseases and improve the health of the nation.
He made thecall at a news conference to commemorate the 2019 Global Hand Washing Day withthe theme: ”Clean Hands for All” today in Abuja.
Adamu saidthat the inequity in hand washing facilities and effective hand washingpromotion programme would put individuals at higher risk for diseases thatwould impact their health, education and the economy of the nation.
The Ministernoted that the importance of hand washing was to help ensured the sustenance ofeffort to end Neglected Tropical Diseases, NTDs such as river blindness,lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, soil transmitted helminthes andschistosomiasis.
TheDirector, Water Quality and Sanitation Awe Emmanuel, said the objective was tocreate awareness of hand washing at critical times and to encourage children asthe agent of change.

created: October 10, 2019


text:
Minister Warns Against Inappropriate Use Of Antimicrobials On Animals, Crops - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
November 19, 2021
He said Nigerians should promote good practices that would limit the emergence and spread of resistant infections globally.
Information Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Juliet Okeh, said in a statement, that the minister made the call at the inauguration of 2021 World Antimicrobial Awareness Week in Abuja.
Abubakar said Antimicrobial Resistance AMR had been considered one of the worst threats to public health in all parts of the world, as it drastically limits the ability to effectively treat common infections in humans and animals.
Abubakar said Antimicrobial Resistance occurred when the disease agents such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites, no longer respond to the action of antimicrobials which are hitherto susceptible and could also occur naturally due to changes in the organism’s gene over time.


text:
Ministerial Appointment: Amaechi Raises Alarm Over Planned Campaign Of Calumny - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
June 27, 2019
Former Minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has raised the alarm over plans by known individuals to sponsor a campaign of calumny against him.
This is coming as President Muhammadu Buhari looks set to send names of Ministerial nominees to the National Assembly.
Amaechi in a statement from his Media Office, said the plan is to use activities of the current Acting Board of the Niger-Delta Development Commission, NDDC to indict him.
The Former Governor of Rivers state and two-time Director-General of the President Buhari Campaign Organization added that his family are part of the already concluded plan.


text:
Ministerial Appointments: Senate To Confirm Nominees - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
July 31, 2019
The Senate is expected to confirm the ministerial nomineesof President Muhammadu Buhari today.
Senate President Ahmad Lawan, who spoke at the end ofyesterday’s plenary, said three nominees: Sabo Nanono, Lai Mohammed and SalehMamman would be screened today.
He explained that out of the forty nominees so far screened,twenty-one of them took a ‘bow and go’.


text:
Ministerial Inauguration: FG Determined To Build On Achievements Of Last 4 Years – Buhari - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
August 21, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged ministersinaugurated today to build on the achievements recorded by his administrationin the last four years.
In a speech at the ceremony in Abuja, Buhari said,“We have a challenge to build a country where everyone can maximize his or herpotential. We must build a country where opportunities abound for everyone.Work has started; we must all get down to action”.
He said that the two-day retreat with the ministers,which held on Monday and Tuesday, had specified the roadmap and focus ofgovernment in the next four years, stressing that the priorities would form thebase for building a strong Nigeria.
Buhari urged the ministers to strive to improve theeconomy, fight corruption and create a Nigeria that would engage its 20 millionunemployed and unemployable people into productive ventures.
Buhari also emphasized the need for adequatesecurity so that Nigerians could live in peace.


text:
Ministerial List: Nigerian Government Refutes Reports. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
July 2, 2019
The Nigerian government Tuesday denied it has sentnames of ministerial nominees to the country’s Senate for approval.
President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in over a monthago and it was believed that he would send names of nominees to the Senateafter the lawmakers resumed from a two-week break.
But the Presidential spokesman Garba Shehu deniedmedia reports in a Facebook post that the names of the nominees have been sent,saying he is yet to be briefed.


text:
Ministerial List: Senate Continues Screening Of Nominees - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
July 25, 2019
Thescreening of ministerial nominees by the Nigeria Senate has entered into Daytwo.
SenatePresident Ahmed Lawan commenced the screening by calling the first nominee tobe screened today to the podium. Senator Tayo Alasoadura from Ondo State.
Senator Ope Bamidele, however, raised a point of order stressing that Alasoadura who is a Former Senator for Ondo Central District should not be exempted from enjoying the privilege of take a bow and go.
Read: Senate Gives Buhari Five Days To Submit Names
Thenext nominee screened is Mustafa Baba Shehuri, the immediate past Minister ofState for works. He was asked to take a bow and go after a few comments weremade concerning him by some lawmakers.
Thenext nominee was Abubakar Aliyu, the immediate past deputy governor of YobeState.
Healso took a bow and left after giving a little biography of himself.others sreened wereMajor General Bashir Salihi Magashi from Kano State,former Bayelsa StateGovernor, Timipre Sylva, Ramatu Tijani from Kogi State, and former governor ofEkiti State, Niyi Adebayo.


text:
Ministerial List: Senate Gives Buhari Five Days To Submit Names - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
July 21, 2019
The Senate has given President Muhammadu Buhari tillFriday next week to submit the list of ministerial nominees for screening,failure of which the red chamber will proceed on its two-month annual recess.
The Chairman, Senate ad hoc Committee on Media andPublic Affairs Affairs, Adedayo Adeyeye in an interview said the red chamberwould proceed on its annual two-month recess this week if the Senate did notget the ministerial list by Friday.
Adeyeye said the President was at liberty to send the list whenever he pleased and that the Senate also had a duty to consider it in the overriding national interest.
Read: Buhari Says Only Tested, Trusted Will Make Ministerial List
Buhari, who won election in February and was swornin on May 29th, has continued to delay the submission of the ministerial list,arguing that he will need to take his time to appoint the people he knows.
In line with its annual calendar, the NationalAssembly is meant to go on its annual recess on July 26th and resume onSeptember 26th.
Meanwhile, investigations showed that members of thered chamber were divided over the proposal by the President of the Senate,Ahmad Lawan,  that members might have topostpone their recess to treat Buhari’s lists.


text:
Ministerial Nominees: Buhari Sends List Of 43 To Senate, Keyamo, Akpabio, Adebayo, Amaechi, Others Make List - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
July 23, 2019
President Mohammadu Buhari has sent a list of forty threeministerial nominees to the Senate.
Senate President Ahmad Lawan read the list at the plenary ofthe Senate today, Tuesday.
Those who made the list are Rotimi Amaechi, Gbemisola Saraki, Niyi Adebayo, Olorunnibe Mamora, Festus Keyamo, Lai Mohammed among others. See full list below:
Lawan also announced that the screening commences on Wednesday.
More details later.


text:
Ministerial Nominees: NASS In Waiting As President Tinubu Sends List To DSS, EFCC, ICPC, Others. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
July 11, 2023
The list were sent to the the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Department of State Services, DSS), and other security agencies.
The agencies are to check on individuals penciled down on the list before Senate’s confirmation.
According to report, the DSS and members of the Presidential Strategic Team were running final checks on the people who had been listed as possible ministers.
The Nigerian constitution demands that the President announces his ministerial appointments within sixty days of assuming office and transmits the list to the Senate for confirmation.
With less than 18 days to submit his cabinet list to the National Assembly as recommended by the constitution, lawmakers and Nigerians are anxiously waiting for the list of ministers who would help to deliver the President’s renewed hope agenda.


text:
Ministerial Screening: Presidency Backs Senate For Sparing Some Nominees - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
July 29, 2019
The Presidency has said that the special privilegeaccorded some ministerial nominees by the Senate in the ongoing screening isproper and in line with global parliamentary tradition.
Contrary to expectations, the Senate did not grillformer federal and state lawmakers during the screening.
Female nominees and individuals that are leaders ofthe All Progressives Congress have been spared.
The President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, hasconsistently justified the practice, claiming it was also done in advanceddemocracies.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President onNational Assembly Matters Senate, Ita Enang said the red chamber had donenothing wrong by adopting such practice.
Enang said a former Minister of State forAviation,  Hadi Sirika,  who was a member of both the House ofRepresentatives and the Senate should not have been questioned.


text:
Ministers Of FCT And Aviation Visit 2nd Abuja Airport Runway Construction Site, Charge Contractors To Finish By May 29 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
February 20, 2023
Describing the project as a legacy project whose scope went far beyond the runway alone, the Aviation Minister while thanking the FCT Minister for the allocation of 12,000 hectares of land, said the project was actually an aviation city containing  everything a modern city has including hotels, shopping malls, schools, cinemas and hospitals; an Aerotropolis.
Designated as a Free Trade Zone, Senator Sirika said that the project will tremendously boost economic activities not just in the FCT but across the country, stressing that the facilities will also include a cargo hub and also serve as the hub for the national carrier.
The Aviation City, the Aviation Minister also said will also serve as a base for the aviation leasing company and it already had within it the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau offices.
The Chief of Jiwa Dr Musa Idris, who was also present during the site visit, said that the indigenous community will cooperate with the Administration for the construction of the 2nd runway project and the Aviation City.

created: February 20, 2023


text:
Ministers’ Retreat: We Must Remain Accountable To The People We Serve – Boss Mustapha - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
August 19, 2019
The Secretary-General of the Federation , BossMustapha has advised the Minister-Designates in President Muhammadu Buharisecond term cabinet to remain accountable to the Nigerian citizens.
Mustapha stressed the need for consistent harmoniouswork relationship once they are fully absorbed into the Federal ExecutiveCouncil.
The SGF said this during the Presidential Retreatfor Minister Designate and Permanent Secretaries in Abuja, on Monday.
He also reminded them that the task of governancerequires patience, dedication and total commitment to the objectives we havecommitted to pursue, especially in realisation of the yearnings for quickdelivery of the dividends of democracy by the people.


text:
Ministry Frowns At Underage Mine Workers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
August 1, 2019
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour andEmployment, William Alo, has expressed concern over continued use of childrenas mine workers in some parts of the country.
Alo, who said the Federal Government would no longertolerate such, expressed Nigeria’s commitment to the elimination of childlabour in the country.
The permanent secretary was speaking at the ValidationMeeting for the National Plan of Action for the Accelerating Actions for theElimination of Child Labour in the Supply Chain ACCEL Africa project.
The meeting was organised by the International LabourOrganisation ILO in Abuja.
ACCEL Africa project is targeted at accelerating actions inthe elimination of child labour in some supply chains in Africa. It is beingpiloted in six countries of Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Malawi, Mali and Nigeria.

created: August 1, 2019


text:
Ministry Inaugurates Committee On STI - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
August 12, 2021
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Sunday Akpan, in Abuja inaugurated the publicity committee on Science, Technology and Innovation STI.
Akpan said the objective of the committee was to work out modalities on how the ministry could partner Leadership Newspapers on mutual benefits.
According to him, the ministry’s recent name change will reposition it towards improved Innovation, Research and Development R&D.
He also said the ministry had responsibilities with an expanded mandate to improve STI in Nigeria.
Akpan said, the committee’s terms of reference would include publication of the ministry’s activities on a weekly basis in Leadership newspapers and all its media arms.
However, he expressed optimism that the committee would work hard to fulfil its given mandate.
Speaking on behalf of the committee’s chairperson, the Director of Information Communication Technology ICT of the Ministry, Idowu Afe, said that the committee’s formation was timely.


text:
Ministry Of Humanitarian Affairs To Support Plateau Govt Resettle, Empower IDPs - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
January 22, 2020
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, DisasterManagement and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, says the ministry willsupport Plateau State Government to re-settle and empower Internally-DisplacedPersons in the state.
Farouq stated this when the Governor of Plateau, SimonLalong, paid her a courtesy visit in Abuja.
Speaking earlier, Lalong said the visit wasimportant and symbolic.
According to him, the State has done a lot to keepIDPs in many places, to make them have sense of belonging and know thatgovernment is concerned about their plight.
Reports say the governor was accompanied by theleadership of the State House of Assembly and some members of the StateExecutive Council.

created: January 22, 2020


text:
Ministry Of Trade Seals 5 Gas Stations In Abuja - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
November 18, 2021
The Director, Weights and Measures Department in the Ministry, Hassan Ejibunu, said that the activities of the gas stations violated Section 25 of the Weights and Measures Act.
While appealing to gas stations to desist from such sharp practices, Ejibunu assured that the ministry would replicate the exercise across the country.
He added that the exercise embarked upon by the ministry was prompted by a series of customers’ complaints of irregularities by gas outlets.
Ejibunu pointed out that the gas stations would be unsealed when the anomalies are rectified, adding that the affected outlets would have to pay fine to the government.
Ebijinu urged Nigerians to always weigh their cylinders before and after refilling to avoid being cheated and stressed the need to report any malpractice by gas outlets to the ministry’s Department of Weights and Measures for appropriate actions.

created: November 18, 2021


text:
Ministry Postpones 2021 Digital Economy Conference - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
October 22, 2021
This is contained in a statement signed by the Head, Corporate Affairs and External Relations, National Information Technology Development Agency NITDA, Hadiza Umar, today in Abuja.
Umar said that a new date for the event would be communicated in no distant future.
The event, formerly known as e-Nigeria International Conference and Exhibition is the flagship tech. event in the Nigerian digital economy sector.

created: October 22, 2021


text:
Ministry To Launch 24/7 Citizen’s Desk For Diaspora Response– Onyeama - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
February 3, 2023
Onyeama made this known in Abuja during the 22nd Edition of the President Buhari’s Administration Scorecard while presenting the achievements of the Foreign Ministry in the past seven years.
He said that the desk would be a game-changer with the government’s active presence in almost all the countries.
He said that under President Buhari’s intervention on creating an enabling environment for ease of doing business, the Ministry had also developed a match making portal to boost foreign direct investments.

created: February 3, 2023


text:
Minority Forum Endorses Abbas, Kalu For Speaker, Deputy - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
May 16, 2023
The Forum, which is a part of the minority caucus, made this position known in a communique issued at the end of its inaugural meeting in Abuja, on Monday.
The All Progressives Congress, APC, had earlier endorsed Abbas and Kalu for the positions. The move, however, has met with firm opposition from other aspirants and Civil Society Organisations, CSOs.
Chairman of the Forum, Idu Igariwey, in the communique, said the Forum had resolved to play a leading role in the formation of the leadership of the 10th Assembly.
He added that the Forum took the position after diligent interactions with all aspirants for the position of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Igariwey also urged all members-elect of the 10th assembly of the house, to join in the election of Abbas and Kalu as presiding officers of the House on June 13.


text:
Mishap: Another Building Collapses In Lagos - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 25, 2019
Anotherbuilding has collapsed in Lagos on Monday, March 25.
Thebuilding, a two-storey edifice collapsed midday on Lagos Island.
Accordingto the Lagos State Management Agency,LASEMA no one was trapped in the rubbles.
Securityoperatives and emergency workers have arrived at the scene to ensure othersresidents are safe and that the rubles are disposed of properly.
Theincident on Monday comes on the heels of a similar mishap which was recorded inthe metropolis on Wednesday, March 13, when a three-storey building housing aschool collapsed, trapping more than 100 persons, including pupils.
Theill-fated building was located on the crowded Ita-Faji street within the heartof Lagos Island.
Thousandsof residents and many emergency workers descended on the scene and rescued manyupon arrival, but some remained trapped and witnesses gave early death tollfigures at eight to nine.


text:
Mishap: Explosion Kills 17, Destroys Hundreds Of Buildings In Ghana Town - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
January 21, 2022
According to the Ghanaian government, videos from the scene posted on social media on Thursday showed a large blast area in Apiate, near the city of Bogoso some 300 kilometres west of the capital, Accra, with buildings reduced to piles of wood, brick and twisted metal.
Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah in a statement said about 17 people have unfortunately been confirmed dead, and 59 injured people have been rescued.
Also, Deputy Director General of the National Disaster Management Organisation, NADMO Seji Saji Amedonu stated that over 500 buildings had been destroyed.
The explosion occurred when a motorcycle went under a truck carrying explosives that was on route to the Chirano gold mine, run by Canada-based Kinross.

created: January 21, 2022


text:
Mismanagement: EFCC Gives Reasons For Arresting Willie Obiano - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
March 18, 2022
It was however gathered that the former Governor was nabbed by the anti-graft agency on Thursday night at the Lagos International Airport, on his way out of the country.
The development is coming barely few hours after he handed over power to the new State Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo.
EFCC Spokesman Wilson Uwajaren, who confirmed the arrest, said former Governor had been on the watch-list of the EFCC prior to the transition on Thursday.
He added that Obiano is being probed over some suspicious projects, including the Umueri International Airport project whose cost was believed to be inflated.


text:
Missing Cash: 4 Quizzed NSCDC Personnel Back To Post At Bayelsa Govt. House - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
December 7, 2019
Four personnel of the NigerianSecurity and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC arrested over alleged stealing atBayelsa Government House Yenagoa have returned to their duty posts.
It would be called that the sum of40 million naira was allegedly stolen from the office of the Deputy Chief ofStaff to the Bayelsa State government, Ebizi Ndiomu-Brown.
However, the Bayelsa stateCommandant of NSCDC, Christiana Abiakam-Omanu, said the personnel werequestioned and freed by the Police.
Also, the Bayelsa state PoliceCommand had confirmed reports of stealing of large sums of money at the BayelsaGovernment House, Yenagoa amidst discrepancies about the amount.
Superintendent of Police, AsinimButswat said that some arrests have been made while investigation was underway.According to Butswat, seven security mencomprising three policemen and four Civil Defense personnel on guard dutieswhen the money got missing, were in custody and being interrogated

created: December 7, 2019


text:
Missing People: Red Cross Committee Says Nigeria Accounts For 24,000, Half Of Africa’s Cases - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
August 30, 2021
Spokesman of the Committee Aliyu Dawobe, in a statement in Abuja, said over 44,000 people across Africa have been registered as missing, with children accounting for over 45 percent of the cases at the time they were missing.
He also noted that eighty-two per cent of the missing are registered in seven countries in Africa, namely Nigeria, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, Libya, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cameroon.
Dawobe said August 30th is marked as the International Day of the Disappeared and that Committee stands with the families and relatives of the missing and commemorates with them expressing its solidarity.
The Spokesman assured the victims that they are not alone and their loved ones are not forgotten. He added that the continent had seen a rise in the number of people registered with the Red Cross Committee as missing since 2020, due to armed conflicts and other situations of violence.


text:
Mitigating Disaster: NEMA To Review National Contingency Plan - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
April 29, 2019
TheNational Emergency Management Agency,NEMA is collaborating with stakeholders toreview the National Contingency Plan to reposition the country against theimpact of disasters.
TheDirector-General of NEMA, Mustapha Maihaja, made the disclosure at a two-dayExperts Technical Workshop on Disasters Risk Management Implication of NiMET’s2019 Seasonal Rainfall Prediction on Monday in Abuja.
Maihaja,who was represented by the Director, Search and Rescue, NEMA, Air CommodoreAkugbe Iyamu, said the review of the national contingency plan would save manylives from preventable causes.
Accordingto him, relevant stakeholders can also use the national contingency plan asjustification for organisational preparedness, using the roles that had been assignedto them in the plan.
Hesaid that the impact of disasters on lives, properties and environment dependson the country’s level of preparedness, which relies on efficient early warningsystems.


text:
Miyetti Allah's Loss To Grazing Law Victory For Justice - Ortom - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
July 4, 2019
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom says the judgment of the Federal High Court today which dismissed the suit filed by Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore against the Benue State Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law is a victory for justice, democracy and the rule of law.
Read: Grazing Law: Miyetti Allah Loses Court Case
Governor Ortom in a statement by his special aide,Terver Akase, commended the country’s judiciary for proving once again that itis indeed the last hope of the common people.
He said the judgment affirms the fact the law wasduly enacted and it is in the interest of all Nigerians who wish to go intolivestock business in the state.
The Governor, on behalf of the government and peopleof the state, appreciates individuals and groups, as well as all otherNigerians who supported the state while the case lasted.
Governor Ortom restates the commitment of hisadministration to ensuring that implementation of the ranching law guaranteespeace in all parts of the state.


text:
Mmesoma: We’Ve Been Vindicated, Says JAMB. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
July 18, 2023
In a report made available to newsmen , Mmesoma confessed to having forged her results unaided.
Initially, JAMB had come under fire for declaring Mmesoma a fraud.
Speaking further, JAMB noted that it would not relent in its activities while urging Nigerians to celebrate Umeh Kamsiyochukwu on her brilliant feat of being the 2023 UTME top scorer.
The management of Innoson Automobile Company also withdraws the 3million naira scholarship awarded to Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme over her involvement in JAMB result manipulation.
Obiageli Ezekwesili, former Minister of Education, who was among those who spoke in favour of Mmesoma amid the raging controversy has also withdraws her support for Mmesoma Ejikeme and commended the JAMB for the manner in which it handled the forgery case.


text:
MNJFT Troops Eliminate Dozens, Capture 40 Terrorists In Lake Chad - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
February 1, 2023
Chief of Military Public Information for MNJTF, Lieutenant Colonel Kamarudeen Adegoke, made this known in an issued statement in N’Djamena Chad.
He said the troops also destroyed several terrorists camps during the clearance and stabilisation operations in the region conducted from January18 to 29.
Adegoke added that 87 Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province ISWAP terrorists surrendered within the period.
According to him, the Sector has been very active in dominating its area through land and maritime operations especially in areas such as Tchika, Gore Kendi and Kerena, among others.

created: February 1, 2023


text:
MNJTF Force Commander Seeks Regional Forces Partnership To End Insecurity - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
August 11, 2022
Khalifah made the call when he received the new Force Commander of Operation Barkhane, French born Major General Bruno Baratz in the Force Headquarters Camp Farcha in Ndjamena Chad.
This is contained in a statement from the spokesman of the Force Lt.-Colonel K.A Adegoke.
The Force comprises of troops from Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger Republic and has its headquarters in Ndjamena, Chad.
The commander appreciated the cooperation between Operation Barkhane and the Force noting that the feat should be sustained.
He equally thanked the troops for their stabilising roles in the fight against terrorism in the region and urged for sustenance.


text:
MNJTF Honours 24 Officers For Gallantry In Lake Chad - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
October 28, 2021
The Chief Military Public Information for Taskforce, Colonel Muhammad Dole, said this in a statement in N’Djamena Chad.
Dole said the officers were decorated at a colourful medal parade ceremony for the outgoing MSOs who have completed one year tour of duty.
The Force Commander, Major General Abdul-Khalifah Ibrahim, said the award of medals had remained one of the most cherished and sacred traditions of the military in recognition of bravery or gallantry, heroism, or meritorious service.

created: October 28, 2021


text:
Mob Action: Crowd Beat Two Policemen To Death In Edo After Accident Killed Three. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
March 5, 2024
The incident occurred after a pickup truck belonging to the escort duty policemen in the convoy of former Edo House of Assembly member Emmanuel Agbaje hit a motorcycle.
The accident is said to have resulted in the death of the rider, a woman, and her child.
Youth from the Ikpeshi community were said to have thereafter tracked the policemen down and beaten them to death.
Two of the other escort duty policemen were however rescued by operatives of the Edo State Vigilante Network in the area and are currently undergoing treatment at an undisclosed hospital in Edo State.
The spokesperson of the Edo State Police Command Chidi Nwabuzor confirmed the incident.


text:
Mobile Network Connectivity: Nigeria Calls For Joint Protection Of West Africa’s Undersea Cables. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
March 26, 2024
This follows recent undersea cable cuts that challenged connectivity in many countries in the West African region.
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr. Aminu Maida, made the submission in a statement delivered at the 21st West Africa Telecommunications Regulatory Assembly, WATRA, Annual General Meeting, Annual General Meeting held in Freetown, Sierra Leone, from the 19th to 22nd March 2024.
Dr. Maida, whose message was delivered at the WATRA AGM by the Deputy Director, Public Affairs of the Commission, Nnenna Ukoha, stated that the recent submarine cable cuts that resulted in nationwide outages on multiple networks in 12 African countries had raised the urgent need for the subregion to establish a mechanism to protect itself from damage to submarine infrastructure and its attendant impact on the subregion.


text:
Modular Refinery: DPR Set To Grant NDPR License To Operate 1,000bpd - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
January 13, 2020
The Department of PetroleumResources, DPR plans to grant Niger-Delta Petroleum ResourcesLimited, NDPR licence to operate its thousand-barrels-per-day modularrefinery that will be inaugurated soon.
NDPR is a subsidiary of Niger DeltaExploration & Production Plc., NDEP.
The DPR Director, Sarki Auwalu, whomade this known in a statement in Abuja, commended the giant strides of NDPR inpioneering modular refineries in the country.
According to him, the move is inline with DPR’s drive to realise the objectives of the Economic Recovery andGrowth Plan, ERGP and other similar Federal Government initiatives aimed atdeepening local refining in Nigeria
He said that in addition to itsmaiden one-thousand barrels per day Diesel Topping Refining Plant, NDPR hadconsolidated on its capacity, by expanding the plant with an additionalfive-thousand barrels per day.

created: January 13, 2020


text:
Modular Refinery Programme On Course – Sylva - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
August 24, 2021
Sylva who announced this in an interview with Newsmen in Abuja said that Federal Government had licensed a good number of modular refineries and some of them had already started operating effectively.
The Minister noted that the WalterSmith Petrochemical Refining Company with 5000 barrels per day are currently producing very comfortable and had no problems.
The Department of Petroleum Resources DPR said Federal government had as at March 2021 licensed about 23 refineries in the country
The 23 refineries, waltersmith  Refining and Petrochemical company had completed construction and has been commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari, OPAC refinery has completed Construction and  Plant at Commissioning Stage  while Niger Delta Petroleum Resources has also completed Construction completed and Commissioning ongoing.


text:
Zamfara Monarchs Allege Air Strikes Killing Innocent Villagers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
April 12, 2019
The Zamfara State Council of Chiefs has said thatmany innocent villagers have been killed in misdirected air strikes by themilitary in the ongoing fight against bandits in the state.
The Emir of Bungudu Hassan Attahiru made the knowndat the end of an emergency meeting of the council in Gusau.
The Council said that efforts to end banditry in thestate would only be achieved if the main camps of the bandits are taken overand security personnel stationed there for a considerable period of time.
On the recent allegation of connivance with banditsby some traditional rulers made by Defence Minister, Mansur Dan’Ali, thecouncil challenged the Minister to name the traditional rulers or withdraw thestatement.
The Council maintained that the traditional rulershad always cooperated with government and security agencies in providinginformation on location, routes and names of persons engaged in such criminalactivities.


text:
Money Laundering Charge: Court Dismisses Application By Justice Ajumogobia Seeking To Stop Trial - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
June 28, 2019
Justice Rilwan Aikawa of a Federal High Court Lagos, Friday, dismissed a preliminary objection by embattled Judge of the court, Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, facing Money Laundering charge.
The court held that Ajumogobia is no longer a serving judicial officer and so, could face the criminal charge brought against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commisdion (EFCC).
EFCC charged Ofili-Ajumogobia and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Godwin Obla, on 18 counts bordering on Conspiracy, Unlawful Enrichment, retention of Crime Proceeds and Money Laundering.
They had pleaded not guilty to all counts of the charge and were granted bails in the sum of N10 million each with two sureties in like sum.
The defendants were first charged before an Ikeja division of the High Court which had struck out the charge on jurisdictional grounds.
Consequent upon striking out of the charge, EFCC preferred same charges against the defendants, before the Federal High Court.


text:
Money Laundering: Court Fixes May 16 To Rule On No Case Submission Of Ex-NNPC GMD - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 27, 2019
TheFederal High Court, Abuja, has fixed May 16, for ruling on the no casesubmission entered by  Andrew Yakubu,former  Group Managing Director of theNigerian National Petroleum Corporation in relation to his trial.
Thetrial judge, Justice Ahmed Mohammed fixed the date on Wednesday after counselto Yakubu, Ahmed Raji, SAN, and the prosecutor, Ben Ikani adopted their writtenaddresses on the no case submission.
Yakubuwas arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC, on asix-count charge bordering on failure to declare assets and money laundering.
TheEFCC had on Feb. 3, 2017, raided Yakubu’s house, located on Chikun Road, SabonTasha area of Kaduna South Local Government Area of Kaduna State, where itclaimed to have recovered 9,772, 800 dollars and 74,000.00 pounds.
WhenEFCC closed its case after calling seven witnesses, Yakubu, rather than openhis defence, elected to file a no-case submission claiming he had no case toanswer.


text:
Money Laundering: EU Blacklists Six African Countries - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
February 20, 2019
The European Union has published a list of countrieswhose banking systems have loopholes that could facilitate money laundering,illicit financial flows, terrorism financing and more importantly humantrafficking.
Among the 23 countries blacklisted by the EU are sixAfrican states namely Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Libya, Nigeria, and Tunisia.
Consequently, the European Union has taken a seriesof measures to protect its banking system, she said, so that it would not be aconduit for serious international crime.

created: February 20, 2019


text:
Money Laundering: Ex-Minister,Sarah Ochekpe,Two Others Sentenced To Three Months Imprisonment - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
February 22, 2022
Ochekpe, who served as Minister under former President Goodluck
Jonathan, was sentenced alongside a former chairman of the People
Democratic Party in Plateau state, Raymond Dabo, and the Plateau State
Coordinator of Jonathan Campaign Organization, Leo-Sunday Jitong.
The three accused persons had been standing trial since 2018 in a case of
money laundering and conspiracy brought against them by the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission amounting to over N450 million.

created: February 22, 2022


text:
Money Laundering: Sudan's Public Prosecutor Orders Interrogation Of Former Leader Omar Al Bashir - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
May 4, 2019
Sudan’spublic prosecutor has ordered ousted President Omar al-Bashir to beinterrogated on charges of money laundering and financing terrorism, ashundreds of thousands of protesters joined a sit-in to demand the army give wayto civilian rule.
Bashirwas removed by the military on April 11 after months of demonstrations againsthis 30 year rule. He is also wanted by the International Criminal Court in theHague for war crimes over the conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region.
Theprosecutor’s statement said other unidentified senior figures would also be investigatedfor financial crimes.
Thehuge crowd that gathered on Thursday outside the defence ministry was answeringa call by an alliance of activists and opposition groups to join a protestmarch through Khartoum.The Declaration of Freedom and Change Forces alliancesaid on Thursday it had sent the Transitional Military Council set up afterBashir’s ouster a draft constitutional document containing its vision for thetransitional period.


text:
Money Laundering: Supreme Court Upholds FG’s Seizure Of Patience Jonathan’s 8.4 Million Dollars - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 8, 2019
The Supreme Court has upheld the order of temporaryforfeiture made by a Federal High Court in Lagos in respect of the 8.4million dollarstraced by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to former First Lady,Patience Jonathan.
In a judgment on Friday, a five-man panel of thecourt unanimously held that the appeal filed by Mrs. Jonathan, challenging theinterim forfeiture, was without merit.
The court ordered Mrs. Jonathan to go before theFederal High Court to justify her ownership of the money to prevent itspermanent forfeiture to the Federal Government.
Efcc had told the court during the last hearing,thatit got an intel that a bank account domiciled in the said commercial bank had ahuge sum of money that was not being used by anybody.
Upon receipt of the intelligence, the EFCC swunginto action by conducting preliminary investigation, which revealed thatPatience and some relatives of her husband were directors of the Company.


text:
Money Laundry: EFCC Gets Final Forfeiture Order On Recovered Money At Kaduna Airport - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
June 30, 2019
Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna hasordered the final forfeiture of the sum of 49 million naira to the FederalGovernment.
The money wasintercepted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Kaduna ZonalOffice on March 14, 2017, at the Kaduna International Airport.
The money, all mint,stashed in five large 150 kg sacks, was intercepted by EFCC operatives,following an intelligence report received by the zone.
The final forfeitureorder followed a motion on notice brought by EFCC through prosecution counsel,Joshua Saidi and Onyeka Ekweozor.
In his ruling, JusticeS. M. Shuaibu granted EFCC motion for the final forfeiture of the sum, as hedismissed the applicants’ claims.


text:
Money Laundry: Ministry Of Justice Recovers $779.5M, N59.2BN - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
May 29, 2019
The former Attorney-General of the Federation AbubakarMalami, SAN, said the Ministry of Justice has recovered 779.5 million dollarsand 59.2 billion naira stolen from the country.
Malami said this in Abuja, while handing over to thePermanent Secretary of the ministry, Dayo Apata.
He also said that inline with relevant provisions ofthe Administration of Criminal Justice Act, the ministry had reached anadvanced stage in efforts to ensure the forfeiture of cash and property worthbillions to the Federal Government.
The minister also said that the ministry, as part ofefforts to expedite action on corruption related cases during his tenure, theChief Justice of Nigeria designated special courts to prioritise corruption andfinancial crime related cases.
He said the committee had been directed to liaise withheads of the concerned courts to ensure that the selected courts weredesignated appropriately and were provided with adequate human and materialresources.1�y4bJ��


text:
Money Politics a Threat To Democracy In Nigeria - INEC - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
May 26, 2022
Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, said this at a one-day colloquium on emerging issues that will shape the 2023 general election.
The INEC chairman said there are three critical challenges ahead of the 2023 election, listing them as insecurity, fake news and money politics.
He said INEC is concerned about the security situation in the country as it prepares for the elections.
He, however, noted that the commission has been meeting with security agencies to address the challenges.
The chairman added that the commission would try as much as possible to be transparent during the elections in order not to give room for fake news.


text:
Monkey Pox: Borno Records Four Cases - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
July 18, 2022
The state Director of Public Health, Doctor Lawi Mshelia said on Monday that there are four suspected cases that were reported with three of the cases confirmed by the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) after samples sent to the centre were returned positive.
Dr Lawi Mshelia further discloses that two of the cases were reported from the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital where they are currently receiving treatment while the other patient was reported from Biu in Southern Borno.
The director also revealed that one of the patients was discharged from the hospital about a week ago.
Residents and indigenes of the state were urged not to panic, as the Ministry of Health assured them that the situation is under control.
There have been growing concerns regarding monkeypox in recent times.
Earlier in May, Nigeria recorded its first death from monkeypox since the beginning of the year 2022.
NCDC had revealed that within the last five months, there have been about 21 cases from eight states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
These include Adamawa – five, Lagos – four, Bayelsa – two, Delta – two, Cross River – two, FCT – two, Kano – two, Imo – one, and Rivers – one.


text:
Monkey Pox: FG Confirms 16 New Cases From 12 States - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
July 25, 2022
The epidemiological summary shows that there were 37 new suspected
cases reported in Epi Week 28 (July 11 to 17, 2022) from 21 states – Plateau (four); Taraba (three); Rivers (three); Oyo (three); Imo (three); Anambra (three); Ondo (two); Lagos (two); Kwara (two); Ogun (one); Kano (one) and Katsina (one).
Others are: FCT (one); Enugu (one); Gombe (one); Bayelsa (one); Delta (one); Edo (one); Nasarawa (one); Bauchi (one) and Akwa Ibom (one).
NCDC said three deaths were recorded in Delta Lagos and Ondo states.
Overall, since the re-emergence of the disease in September up to July 17, 2022, 850 suspected cases have been reported from 35 states.


text:
Monkey pox: No Vaccines In Nigeria Says NCDC, Confirms Requests To WHO, U.S. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
September 19, 2022
But official requests have been made to the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United States for available vaccines (second or third generation).”
It stated this in response to concerns that the ongoing monkeypox
pandemic might become more fatal, as vaccines, treatments and tests are
unavailable in much of the world, especially Africa and Nigeria.
On implications of the absence of vaccines and treatment for monkeypox in Nigeria and indeed Africa, Adetifa said the current clade found in Nigeria is less virulent and self-limiting. Most people who get it recover, with symptoms lasting between two and three weeks.
He said NCDC’s priority is to procure a therapeutic option to offer those
at high risk of severe symptoms, hospitalisation and death, given its local epidemiology and experience.
The public health physician said, with the world now more interconnected than ever, a drawn-out outbreak of monkeypox in Africa, without adequate medical countermeasures, will eventually have a ripple effect on global health.
On the way forward, Adetifa said sustained support in building capacity
among African countries will help to achieve equitable availability of
vaccines, biomedical innovation, and strengthen public health systems
globally.

created: September 19, 2022


text:
Monkeypox: Adamawa Confirms 5 Cases, Suspects 57 Others￼ - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
June 17, 2022
The state Ministry of Health says it had laboratory-confirmed cases of the five as of June 12.
The Director of Public Health, Dr. Celine La’ori, said in a press interview that the first case was recorded in April at the state capital, Yola.
She explained that till date, the spread of the virus cuts across the two metropolitan local government areas of Yola North and Yola South.
La’ori assured that to curtail the spread of the disease, an emergency operation centre had been set up.
She warned that monkeypox is highly contagious and infected persons should be isolated and proper hygiene maintained.
She said the symptoms include fever, accompanied by rashes that look like chicken pox.


text:
Monkeypox Cases Rise, Spread To 26 States, FCT - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
August 22, 2022
Experts have called for increased efforts by all stakeholders towards curbing the situation. Monkey-pox is a viral disease transmitted from animals to humans and from humans to humans.
From January to August this year, 473 suspected cases and 172 confirmed cases have been recorded.
Since the beginning of this year, several countries have also witnessed an unprecedented outbreak of Monkey-pox, prompting the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus, to, July 23, declared Monkey-pox a public health emergency of international concern.
The Minister of Health, Ehanire and Director General NCDC, Adetifa said the disease has been spreading across states and the FCT over the last few months.


text:
Monkeypox: FG Suspends Sales Of Bush Meat, Importion Of Wild Animals - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
June 1, 2022
The government also cautioned operators of zoos, parks, conservation and recreational centres keeping non-human primates to adhere strictly with biosecurity protocols aimed at preventing their contacts with humans.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammad Abubakar, in a statement, yesterday, directed veterinary epidemiology officers, field surveillance agents and to step up surveillance activities aimed at picking any possible case of Monkey Pox in animals.
He added that the Department of Veterinary and Pest Control Services now partners with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, and other stakeholders in the One Health Team to bring the situation under control.


text:
Monkeypox: Nigeria Reports Six Cases, One Death In May 2022 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
May 30, 2022
The centre said Nigeria’s risk of exposure to the Monkeypox virus was high based on the recent risk assessment it conducted.
NCDC in its latest epidemiological summary on Monkeypox also noted that since January 2022, Nigeria had continued to report sporadic cases of the disease and it was reported that the disease is an uncommon disease caused by infection with the Monkeypox virus, which belongs to the Orthopoxvirus genus in the Poxviridae family.
According to World Health Organization, the disease is only seen in West and Central African countries.
It stated that one death was reported in a 40 year-old patient who had underlying co-morbidity and was on immuno-suppressive medications.
NCDC said among the 21 cases reported in 2022 so far, there had been no evidence of any new or unusual transmission of the virus, nor changes in its clinical manifestation documented including symptoms, profile and virulence.


text:
Monthly FUEL Consumption Drops By 18.5million Litres After Deregulation – FG - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
July 10, 2023
It was, however, observed that after the removal of subsidy on fuel, following the pronouncement by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on May 29, 2023, consumption reduced by an average of about 18.5 million litres daily in June.
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, data has indicated that between January 1 and May 28, which was the pre-deregulation period, the total amount of petrol consumed nationwide was about 9.9 billion litres.
The average consumption for the 148-day period was put at 66.9 million litres, indicating the country consumed an average of 66.9 million litres of petrol daily during the five-month period when subsidy on petrol was still in place.
But figures from the agency show that between 1 to 28, June, which was described as the post-deregulation period, the total petrol consumption across the country was 1.36 billion litres, while the average daily consumption was put at 48.43 million litres.


text:
Mop-Up UTME: JAMB Releases Results Of Eighty Thousand Candidates. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
May 9, 2023
The joint admissions and matriculation board following an emergency board meeting held in Abuja on may 1, 2023, arranged a mop-up utme for candidates who missed the chance
to sit the examinations between the period scheduled by the board owing to “no faults of their own.”
The examination body in the minutes of the meeting cited three categories of candidates namely the candidates, “who were verified at their centres but could not sit the examination; those who could not be biometrically verified, and those with mismatched data,” the board stated.
In the jamb bulletin published on monday, may 8, 2023, the board through its spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin noted that the results of the mop-up utme have all been released.


text:
More Convictions Needed To Curb Human Trafficking – NAPTIP - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
October 20, 2021
Waziri-Azi, who made this known during the celebration of the 2021 European Union Anti-Human Trafficking Day in Abuja, said access to justice is a priority for the poorest.
She said the agency would continue to scale up people’s centred access to justice by strengthening the visibility of the agency’s reporting channels as well as its partners.
She said, “Trafficking is not a problem, it is a crisis.
The event was organised by Action against Trafficking in Person and Smuggling of Migrants (A-TIPSOM), a project funded by European Union EU and implemented by the International Ibero-America Foundation for Administration and Public Policies FIIAPP.
In his remarks, A-TIPSOM team lead, Raphel Meloni, said EU Anti-Trafficking Day presents a chance to remind people about the menace of human trafficking.

created: October 20, 2021


text:
More News - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
May 23, 2024


text:
More Than 45 Killed In Attack ON Dr Congo Displacement Camp: UN - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
June 13, 2023
It added that the attack is believed to have been perpetrated by fighters belonging to a coalition of militia groups called the Cooperative for the Development of the Congo, CODECO.
The UN mission Democratic Republic of the Congo said the fighters slaughtered vulnerable displaced people at the Lala displacement site in Djugu territory.
The site is located 5 kilometres from Bule, the site of a UN peacekeeping base.
CODECO claims to protect the Lendu community from another ethnic group, the Hema, as well as the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s army.
the UN peacekeeping mission in a statement, extended its condolences to the families of the victims and wished a speedy recovery to the injured.


text:
More - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
May 23, 2024


text:
Morocco 2022: Falcons Ready For Rematch With Black Queens – Kanu - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
October 21, 2021
Kanu scored a brace against the Black Queens of Ghana in the first leg of the African Women Cup of Nations AWCON qualifiers for Morocco 2022 in Lagos.
Kanu got the goals for the nine-time African Women champions in the 21st and 27th minutes of the game in Lagos.
The Super Falcons, however, suffered a setback toward the end of the first half of the match as Falcon’s dependable forward, Ordega, who provided the assist for the first goal was injured.
The CSKA Moscow forward was later replaced by Vivian Ikechukwu early in the second half.

created: October 21, 2021


text:
Morocco: Court Postpones Trial For Murder Of Scandinavian Tourists - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
May 17, 2019
A Moroccan Court has postponed until May 30, thetrial of twenty four suspects charged in connection to the murder of twoScandinavian female tourists.
The postponement was the second in the high-profiletrial since it started on May 2nd.
The Moroccan authorities found the bodies of MarenUeland of Norway and Louisa Vesterager Jespersen of Denmark near the summit ofMount Toubkal in the High Atlas mountain range with cuts to their necks onDecember 17th.
The crime triggered shock in Morocco and abroad.
At the trial, twenty four detained defendants,twenty three  Moroccans and a Swissnational with Spanish citizenship face charges of premeditated murder, settingup a terrorist group and illegal possession of firearms.
At the centre of the trial are four suspects, whopledged allegiance to the Islamic State militia in a video made days before thetourists’ bodies were found.


text:
Morocco: Little Rayan Who Died Trapped In Well, Buried - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
February 7, 2022
The boy had fallen down a narrow, 32-metre (100-foot) dry well last
Tuesday, sparking a complex earth-moving operation to try to reach him
without triggering a landslide.
Well-wishers had flooded social media with messages of sympathy and
prayers that he would be brought out alive, but their hopes were dashed.
On Saturday night, crowds had cheered as rescue workers cleared away
the final handfuls of soil to reach him, after the marathon digging
operation in the village of Ighrane in northern Morocco’s impoverished
Rif mountains.
But the joy turned to grief when the royal cabinet of the North African
nation announced that the boy was dead.
King Mohammed VI called the parents to voice his condolences.
The child’s body was taken to a military hospital in the capital Rabat,
accompanied by his parents.
On Monday it was transported to the Douar Zaouia cemetary near his
village, where hundreds of mourners attended his funeral, AFP
journalists said.

created: February 7, 2022